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Arduino Iot Cloud Examples

Representative request and response examples for the Arduino IoT Cloud REST API
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Arduino Iot Cloud Examples is an example object payload from Arduino, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
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{
  "title": "Arduino IoT Cloud API Examples",
  "description": "Representative request and response examples for the Arduino IoT Cloud REST API",
  "examples": [
    {
      "name": "Create a Thing",
      "description": "Create a new Thing in Arduino IoT Cloud",
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/iot/v1/things",
      "request": {
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer {access_token}",
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "body": {
          "name": "My Temperature Sensor",
          "device_id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
          "timezone": "America/New_York",
          "properties": []
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 201,
        "body": {
          "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
          "name": "My Temperature Sensor",
          "device_id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
          "timezone": "America/New_York",
          "created_at": "2026-06-12T00:00:00Z",
          "updated_at": "2026-06-12T00:00:00Z"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "List Devices",
      "description": "Retrieve all devices associated with the account",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/iot/v1/devices",
      "request": {
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer {access_token}"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 200,
        "body": [
          {
            "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
            "name": "Arduino MKR WiFi 1010",
            "type": "mkrwifi1010",
            "serial": "ABCDEF123456",
            "fqbn": "arduino:samd:mkrwifi1010",
            "connected": true,
            "last_activity_at": "2026-06-12T00:00:00Z",
            "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Get OAuth2 Token",
      "description": "Obtain an OAuth2 client credentials access token",
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/iot/v1/clients/token",
      "request": {
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "body": {
          "grant_type": "client_credentials",
          "client_id": "your_client_id",
          "client_secret": "your_client_secret",
          "audience": "https://api2.arduino.cc/iot"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 200,
        "body": {
          "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...",
          "expires_in": 300,
          "token_type": "Bearer"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Add Property to Thing",
      "description": "Add a new property to an existing Thing",
      "method": "PUT",
      "path": "/iot/v1/things/{id}/properties",
      "request": {
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer {access_token}",
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "body": {
          "name": "temperature",
          "permission": "READ_WRITE",
          "type": "FLOAT",
          "update_strategy": "ON_CHANGE",
          "update_parameter": 0.5,
          "tag": 1
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 201,
        "body": {
          "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
          "name": "temperature",
          "permission": "READ_WRITE",
          "type": "FLOAT",
          "update_strategy": "ON_CHANGE",
          "created_at": "2026-06-12T00:00:00Z"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Get Time Series Data",
      "description": "Retrieve historical time-series data for a property",
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/iot/v1/things/{id}/properties/{pid}/timeseries",
      "request": {
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer {access_token}"
        },
        "query": {
          "from": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
          "to": "2026-06-12T00:00:00Z",
          "interval": 3600
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 200,
        "body": {
          "data": [
            {
              "time": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
              "value": 22.5
            },
            {
              "time": "2026-06-01T01:00:00Z",
              "value": 23.1
            }
          ],
          "total": 264
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}